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.H647 
1901 
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CONSTITUTION 



AM> 



BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



IIU.LS FAMILY' 

(iriioalogical 'd Historical Association, 



BOSTON. MASSACHUSETTS. 



Incorporated under the Laws of Massachusetts July 6, 1894. 



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CONSTITUTION. 



I. — Name of Corporation. 
The name of this corporation shall be the Hills Family Genealogical and 
Historical Association. 

II. — Purpose of. Corporation. 

The purpose for which it is constituted is the collection, compilation and pub- 
lication of such data and information as may be obtained concerning the geneal- 
ogy and history of the Hills Family. 

III. — Membership. 
Any person connected with the Hills Family by decent or marriage may 
become a member by signifying bis desire to the clerk of the corporation in writ- 
ing and the payment of membership dues. 

IV. — Membership Dues. 

Persons paying an annual fee of One Dollar shall be known as Regular Members, 
those paying a single fee of Ten Dollars as Life Members, and those paying a 
single fee of One Hundred Dollars as Honorary Members, but all three classes of 
members shall have equal rights as members of the corporation. 

V. — Government. 
Tlif officers of the corporation shall be a President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, 
and four Directors who shall constitute a Board of Directors. They shall be 
elected by not less than a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at 
the annual meeting which shall be held on the first Tuesday of June of each year, 
and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and have 
accepted office. Corresponding Secretaries may be appointed in such manner and 
wi<:ii such powers and duties as may be provided by the By-Laws, for any State in 
the United States or for any County or City therein or for any Nation or recog- 
nizfd subdivision thereof. 

VI.— Clerk. 
The Secretary shall be Clerk of the corporation. 

VII. — Title to Property. 

The legal title and owneiship of all the property, effects and assets of the cor- 
poration shall be in the Board of Directop;s ff.*r the time being, in trust. 



BY-LAWS. 



I. — Duties of Officers. The President. 
The president shall preside at all business meetings of the Association and 
Board of Directors, and in his absence a president pro-tempore shall be chosen, 
who shall perform the duties of a president for the time being. 

II. — The Secretary. 
The Secretary shall give written notice of all meetings of the corporation at 
least ten days previous to t he tim e of meeting. The Secretary shall give a receipt 

T^ft^'M^'^^H'A^T-^F*^^ ^^^ moneys received by him 

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t\>r lueiulit'r.sliiiis m li>i tlir »ihi- I'f tin- tdrjioriitioii, to tin- 'l'n;ihuii i ;iiiil laki- lii'« 
receipt tlifii'for. He Khali »t>iicliict itn cnrret«|><iii(leiH'e unci keep tlie reemdii :iii<l 
iniiiiitOH of the ineetinys. 

III.— TiiK Thkahikkic. 

'I'lie 'rreasurer shall receive timn the Secietary all iminlnihliip <1ikh. or i>ihi i 
iiiinuys received liy liitn for thi- roi ]Mirati<iii. H*- shall have the ciistudy of all the 
tuiids lichiii^iii;; tt> the col poratioii or held foi it foi special puiponcH an herein- 
after mentioned. He shall dishnrxe the same nnder the directiim of the Hoard of 
Directors. He shall keep an accuiiiit i>f all his transactions and exhil it the sanif 
at tin- annua! mcetin;:, 

IV. — DiKKCTOKS, TOWKKS OK 

Tlie Hoard of Directors shall have niana^;ement and control of the atVairs of the 
corporation and its property and shall nceive for safe custody all docnnieiits that 
may he intrusted to thtm. They may n])point Corresi)ondinj{ Secretaijes to hold 
otticc until tluir successms are ai>pointed. and ilelinc their duties and <>l>li^;ati«>ns. 
which shall be uniform for all such officers, l»ut such hoard shall have no power 
to contract any deht in the nanre of the corporation heyond an amount that shall 
he in the treasury. The Directors may receive coiitrihutions from any memher 
of the corporation, either for its jxeneral purjioses or for the purponcof furnishiiii; 
hy their aj^ents or employees investi;;ations as to any line of ancestry, and when 
such contrihutions are received for any such special object they shall he expen«led 
only therefor, hut all data collected hy the aj^ents of the c(uporation shall remain 
its property, and the result of any spi rinl investi;,'ation shall he communicattil hy 
the Directors to the person contrihutiug any amount therefor.* 

V. — CoKKKSPONDING SeCKETAKIES. 

Corresponding Secretaries when appointed shall in their respective districts he 
the agents of the corporation with power under the «Hrection of the Hoard of Di 
rectors to collect information in relation to its work, and transmit the original 
manuscrij)ts receivetl by them, or copies thereof to the Secretary of the As.sucia- 
titm. They sliall incur no expense in the name or on account of the Corporation 
except for stationery and postage, and no amount tlierefor shall be deemed to be 
due to any such officer for the expenditures of the year at the time the Corpora- 
tion shall hold its annual meeting, unless a statement of the sum then due shall 
be sent to the Secretary at least ten days before the date of such meeting. 

VI.— Vaca-ncies. How Fu.i.ki). 

If the oflSce of President or of the Secretary or Treasurer bicimie vacant, the 
Board of Directors shall appoint a successor pro-tempore until the next annual elec- 
tion. If any other vacancy shall occur the Board of Direct«»rs may till the same. 

VII — t^foiaM 

At all meetinjis of the corporation seven members shall constitute a i|uorum for 
the tran.saction of business and a less number may adjourn from time to time. 

VIII— DiKKCToUS, t^lOUlM OK. 

At all meetings of the Hoard <>f Dir«'ctors a majority of its members shall con- 
stitute a jjuorum for the transaction of business. 

•[XOTE. — The result of any siitriol investlKiitloii will be t-omnuinlcatt-*!, wltlimit exi>cii.*«" 
to the oiiutributor therefor, when recelvetl and rei>orted t<i the <M>rj>«iratU»n at It.s next meet- 
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IX. — Business. Order of. 

The Order of business at the annual meeting shall be as follows: — 

1. Reaclinfi; Minutes of preceding meeting. 

2. Report of the Board of Directors. 
8. Report of the Secretary and Clerk. 

4. Report of the Treasurer. 

5. Report of Committees. 
(). Election of Officers. 

7. New Business. 

X. — Amendments. How Made. 
The constitution and By-Laws may be altered or amended at the annual meeting 
l)r(jvided that notice of any proposed alteration shall have been sent to the Secre- 
tary, in writing, at least forty days previous to such meeting, and when such 
notice has been received by that officer he shall send with his notice for the an- 
nual meeting the proposed amendment with the name of the member offering the 
same. 

The Constitution and By-Laws of the Corporation were adopted by the Hills 
Family (Genealogical and Historical Association at a legally notified meeting held 
in the Barnard Memorial Building, Boston, June 28, 1894, and approved by the 
Commissioner of Corporations of the State of Massachusetts, July 6, 1894. Arti- 
cle five of the By-Laws having been added and article four of the Constitution 
corresponding amended, this reprint of the existing code was ordered by the di- 
rectors June 4th, U)01. 

Persons eligible and desiring to become members of this corporation should en- 
close membershij) fee and communicate with the Secretary, 

EDWIN M. HILLS, 

Taunton, Mass. 

OFFICER. S 

Elected June 4, 1 90 i . 



PRESIDENT. 

THOMAS HILLS, 
157 K Street, South Boston, Mass. 

TREASURER. 

RICHARD HILLS, 
^'M Washington Street, (Room 4i>), Boston, Mass. 

SECRETARY AND CLERK. 

EDWIN M. HILLS, 

159 School Street, Taunton, Mass. 

DIKECTORS. 

THOMAS HILLS, South Boston, RICHARD HILLS, Boston, 

EDWIN MILES HILLS, Taunton, 

WILLIAM SANFORD HILLS, 294 Newbury Street, Boston, 

WILLIAM NATHANIEL HILLS, 9 Chatham Row, Boston, 
JOEL EDWARD HILLS, Newton, Mass. 
Miss HARRIET NOYES HILLS, 43 Green St., Newburyport, Mass. 



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